Printing device



Ju y 1, 1930. H; 'E'." HUBBARD PRINTING DEVICE Original Filed flfiy 5.1927 Patented July 1, 1930 entree STATES PATENT HC Tl HENRY E. HUBBARD,E CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AssreivoE 'ro ADDRESSOGRAPH COMPANY,

OF WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE ranvrine DEvIcEOriginal application filed May 5, 1927, Serial No. 188,938, now PatentNo. 1,682,519, dated August 28, 1928. Divided and this applicationfiled. February 6, 1928. Serial No. 252,158.

This application is a division of my application Serial No. 188,938filed May 5,1927.

This invention relates to improvements in printing devices of that classWhich com.- prise a printing form and an information card carried by aframe and adapted to be stored in accordance with a card index system,or stacked in a pile, and run through an addressing or other printingmachine for taking an impression from the form.

The object of the invention is to provide the frame with means which canbe easily operated for identifying or classifying the printing devicetemporarily or permanently ii.- for a special purpose, and which may beused alone or in conjunction with removable index tabs.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated the invention in apreferred embodiment in which,

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a printing device embodying theinvention, the card being partly broken away. a

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the printing f3 device.

Fig. 3 is a bottom edge View of the printing device.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the'line H of'Fig. 1 omitting the card.

Fig. 5 is a detail'view of the. tab.

Referring to the drawings, the frame 5 has one or more printing plates 6and an. information card 7 removablymounted on the front thereof as moreparticularly described min my original application aforesaid.

A tab 8 is pivoted at 9 on the back of the frame to the upper portionand adjacent one end thereof and it has two arms 10,11, which are sodisposed that by swinging the tab on itspivot one arm may be projectedabove the top edge of the frame and the other swung to a position belowthe top edge. The tab comprises a body and the two arms which are Ispaced apart for separate use. The body of the tab may be punchedtolprovide the in- Sometimes it is desired to identify a printing devicetemporarily without removing it from its position in the classificationsystem and without disturbing its classifying tab. For example, if apublishers list is classified alphabetically and it is desired to notifythose subscribers whose'subscriptions expire with the next issue thepivoted tab may be swung to project a certain arm which will indicatethat an expiry notice should be mailed to that subscriber. Or thepivoted tab may be swung to indicate that this printing deviceshall beskipped in the addressing machine when the printing devices are runthrough the machine to print wrappers for the next issue. The arms ofthe pivoted tab may be colored or otherwise distinguished,

or their position alone may be sufiicient for F the purpose.

The invention maybe employed for many purposes other than thosehereinreferred to, and changes in the form, construction and arrangement ofparts may be made to suit different conditions, within the scope of thefollowing claims. r

I claim:

1. A printing device of the character described comprising a frame, atab pivoted to the frame adjacent the upper edge thereof and havingspaced arms one or the other of which is adapted to be projected abovethe upper edge of the frame when the tab is adj usted, said tab having alaterally projecting finger engaging the frame to hold the tab inadjusted position.

2. A printing device of the character described comprising a frame, atab pivotally mounted on the back of the frame adjacent the 11 per edgethereof and having two space arms one or the other of which is ada tedto be projected above the upper edge of t e frame when the tab isadjusted, said frame having a slot and said tab having a finger whichprojects through said slot and engages the front of the frame to holdthe tab in adjusted position.

HENRY E. HUBBARD.

